Flexible pocket receptacle



Aug, 2Q), 1935. w. R. BUxToN FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed Feb. ll, 1953 INI/NTOR.

W11 RNER Ruxra/v i 9 W ATTORNEYS.

ends of the central section of the innerwall are Patented ug. 2), 1935 einen PATENT orrice y y.2,011,845` FLEXIBLE rooKE'r REoEr'rAoLE Y' Warner It. Buxton, Longmeadowfll/Iass. Application February n, 1933, lserial No. 656,276 s claims. (015150-138) This invention relates to improvements inflexible pocket receptacles, such for example as the so-called bill fold used for carrying bills, checks, passes, cards and the like. l l 7 rThe invention is an -improvement in that set forth in my prior U. S. Patent No. 1,856,618, granted July l2, 1932. Y

The invention has for an object the provision of an improved construction and mounting of the tubular inner wall end "section or sections, between the plies of which one and usuallyboth slidably received. Y l i The improvements are designed to allow full freedom Vfor expansion 'of the rpocket formed Vloetween the central slidable section of the innerV wall and the outer ply of each tubular inner wall end section andl enables the pocket to carry-a large number of cards without causingbinding' of the central section in its tubular end sections such as would interfere with itsfreedom to slide therein and without causing dislocationof the inner plies of said end sections.

These and other features lof the invention will more particularly appear as the detailed description proceeds and will be pointed'A out in the appended claims. Y

The invention willbe disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figs. l, 2 and 3 are developed Views-of the three blanks from which the bill fold is made;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary View illustrative of one step in the assembly of the parts;

Fig. 5 is vvan elevational View of 4theconfipleted Fig. 6 isaJ cross sectional View thereof taken on the line 6 5 of Fig, 5; and

Figs. 7 and e areviews laken similarly to Fig. 4.V

and 'showing' modications.

Referring to this drawing, the bnl `feld is" made up of leather or other suitable ie'xible'A material jfromthe parts shown separately inYFigs'. v1,2 and'3. -The part shown in'Fig'. 1 comprises an outer wall 8, having intermediate its ends a ntransverse Vlineof fold 9; and Yhaving -foldably connected to one side edge thereof tw flaps IE! disposed in longitudinally spaced relation one vonl The outer; ends of flaps I@ align with the outer ends of the outer wall. They are adapted to be folded along linev each side of said line of fold 9.

I I upwardly and over and upon the wall 8.

The two parts shown in Fig. 2 are of likefcon'- I struction and differ only in that one isa left4 andthe other a right `for Vobvious reasons.

Each such part comprises-'an outer? lmember I2 in my above 4identined priorpatent.v

foldably conneotedalong line I 3 to an inner inember lll. The outer end of each member lZ-projects beyond the corresponding end of its inner member and the inner member is preferably of sligh'tlyless width than the outer member except at its'inner end where tongues I5 are provided a partition for the billV receiving compartment thereof.V The use ofthe partitiony li is optional andin many bill folds it is omitted,in which case the part yshown in Fig. 3 would be cut in two along the fold lines I8 and only the section i6 would be used.- A slot I S'is provided inthe partition il to receive the tongues l5 forthe purposes set forth The seotions i6 and I1 have centrallylocated and transversely disposed lines of fold 2S and 2i, respectively.` A

The parts described may be assembled as follows. VThe sections I2 are laid in place on the outer walll 8, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the outer end of each section l2 lines up with the adjacent outer end of wall 8. Flaps l@ are then folded upwardlyand laid over land upon the sections' l-2. The three superposed rpartsV 3, lil and l2 are then fastened together along the line indi- Y cated by the dots 2 3 in Fig. 4, in any suitable way,v as for example by lthe stitching 24 shown in Fig. 5.

The important point to note is thatv member i2 is fastened to! the outer wall andv flap lil only along one enol edge. Its side edges and the opposite end edge are entirely free from any connection either with the outer wall or flaps le.

With the parts fastened together and with naps lil still raised'as shown in Fig. 4, the sections it and I 'L after having been superposed by folding them along the lines I8, are inserted between' wall S and the members I2-With the folded edge i8 lying adjacent to thelower edge I I of wall 8. Then the flaps le are tucked in between the sections IE and il as shown in Fig. 6, and the tongues I5 put in place in slot I9. The assembly is then complete and appears asshown in Fig. 5. As there shown, the bill fold is in open position. `lit may be closed by folding one half upon theother 'along the co incident lines'of'fold 9,29 and 2l. l

- 'The completed bill fold affords a bill-receiving compartment between the Walls S and l, which Ycompartment may if desired and as shown,

be subdivided'into two compartments by the use ofthe partition I T." It' also affords vpockets 25 rbetween the members I2 and the member it and movement of the tube.

other pockets 26 between the members I2 and flaps It). The members I2 and I4 being doubled over along the line I3, form a tube of inverted U-form to slidably receive the ends of the central and slidable section I6 of the inner wall. The preferred arrangement is to have section I6 slidable at both ends in the tubular end sections but the device is operative if the section I 6 is slidable at one end only.

The doubled over sections I2, I4, which form the two ply end sections of the `inner wall are mounted in an improved manner and this improved mounting constitutes the important fea.- ture of the invention. Heretofore, these tubes have been fastened along one side and also along one edge to the outer wall and byrthis manner of fastening, the tubes are so securely held that they become virtually a partof the outer wall with very little, if any, freedom for independent movement. According to the present invention, the outer ply of the tube yis fastened only Aalong one edge and, the form described, it Yis fastened to the outer wall along one edge, and that edge is the outer end edge which is remote from the entrance to the card pocket 25. As a consequence, the tube may move upwardly. This is particularly true of the front memberV I2 which is the one secured at one end to the outer wall. kThe lower edge of ymember I2 can move upwardly away from its illustrated position a substantial amount, and because it does under certain conditions pull upwardly away from the lower edge o f the outer wall, the flap I is provided to co-ver and conceal the gap thus formed. One can grasp the upper and folded edge of the tube'section and pull the tube member I2, I4 upwardly a substantial amount which is indicative of the freedom of Actually, of course, it is not desired to displace such edge to any marked degree and what is desiredA and what actually happens is that the lower edge of section I2 moves upwardly without any substantial movement of the upper edge. This occurs when pocket 25 is stuffed with cards, Ypasses and the like. The member I2 is then separated from the member I 6 by more than the normal distance. Something has to give, usually the lower edge of the o'uter wall will pull upwardly and tend to bind on theV lower edge of section I5. By leavingthe lower edge of member I2 free from the lower edge of the outer wall, this trouble is eliminated and it can move upwardly as theY member is` pushedv out away from member I 6 by the cards and avoid any constriction at the folded edge or undue pressure on the sliding member I6 such as might restrict its freedom to slide. By eliminating any fastening of this upper folded edge, as for ex-k ample to flap I0, full freedom for the action described throughout the entire length of the pocket 25 is afforded. The member I2, being flexib1e,. lcan move upwardly even at a point very close factory way. With the present construction, the

tongues I5 might even be fastened in place, as also disclosed in said patent and sole reliance placed on the freedom for verticalmovement of the member I2. It'will be apparent that because of the freedom of movement of member I2, the overcrowding of pocket 25 with cards cannot interfere with the freedom of sliding movement of r section I6.

An alternative construction is shown in Fig. 7. The parts are or may be constructed in a manner generally similar to that already described but the inner ply I4 is made longer than the outer ply I.2.and the cuter end of the inner ply, rather than the outer end of the outer ply, is secured along the line 23 to the end edge of the i outer Wall. If desired, with this construction, one

is enabled to fasten the lower edge of the inner ply I I4 to the outer `wall near its lower edge although such fastening is not necessarily essential. Complete freedom for the outer wall to Y.move upwardly is afforded by this arrangement,

unhampered even by the one e-nd connection heretofore described. With this construction, assembly of the parts is just as easily accomplished as with the prior construction when no partition is used. With the parts 8, I0 and I4 stitched together at their outer ends, and members It raised in the same manner that members I4 are raised in Fig. 4, the section I 6 is slipped in place between members I4 and I Il and then the members I2 are tucked in place between the member I6 and flaps I0. Thensame construction can also be `used where a partition such as I 7 is desired,

the central section IS of the inner wall slides atV one end only, it is not necessaryto'use both of the tube forming members and one thereof may be omitted, if and when desired.

The invention satisfies a very important need in bill folds of the character described which depend for proper action on full freedom for the central section ofthe lnnerwall to slide in its tubular end sections. It has become the custom to use the space between such central section and the outer wall of its tubular end section as a pocket to receive cards., With prior constructions, this practice was bad because the stuffing of the pockets with cards Vinterfered with free sliding of the central section. YOften only one of the two pockets would be so used or if both pockets were used the load would be unevenly divided between the two pockets with the result in either case that the central section would meet more resistance to slidin g movement at one end than at the other, whereby the centralV section would become displaced from its proper centralized position. The present` invention overcomes this disadvantage and yet enables the aforesaid prior practice, which has grown into an established custom, to be continued. Y

What I claim is;

. 1. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable along a transverse line intermediate i-ts ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides of said line and each hingedly secured near its outer endrto the outer wall and a section bridging the gap between the end sections and slidable longitudinally with respec-t to at least oneoi them and laterally with respect tothe outer wall, at least one of said end sections comprising a doubled 'over piece of` flexible material forming `a two ply member of inverted U-form open at its lower end and betweenvthe plies of which an end of said central section is slidably received, one ply only lower portion of the outer ply of said member 'and y connected to the outer wall and entirelylfree from connections to the outer ply of said member.

2. A ilecible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable alonga transverseline intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides Yof said line and secured to and movable with the outer wall anda section bridging the gap between the end sections and slidable longitudinally with respect to at least one of them and laterally with respect to the outer wall, at least oncof said end sections comprising a doubled over piece of iiexible material forming a two `ply member o inverted iJ-forrn open at its lower end and between the plies of which an endof said central sec-tion is slidably received, said member being secured solely by connecting its outer end to the adjacent end" edge of said outer wall, and a flap connected to said outer wall and covering at least the lower portion of the 4outer ply of such member.

3. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall Ioldable along a'transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides or said line and secured Ito and movable with the outer wall and a section bridging the gap between the end sections and slidable with respect to at least one of them, at least one of said end sections comprising a ytwo ply member between the plies of which one end of said central section is slidably received, the two plies of said member being united along their upper edges but ununited along their lower edges said member being secured to the youter wall along its outer end edge only and. in a pivotal manner, whereby it is free to swing outwardly away from the outer wall and because of its ilexibility free to move up and down to a limited extent relatively to said outer wall at locations remote from said end edge, said central section being unsecured to the outer wall and thereby free to move up and down relatively thereto, and a ap secured lto the outer wall and retaining between it and the outer wall said member, said flap restraining said member from undue swinging movement outwardly away from theV outer wall.

e. A iiexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wallfoldable along a transverse line intermediate its ends7 an innerwall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections vdisposed on opposite sides of said line and secured to and movable with the outer wall and a section bridging the gap between the endv sections and slidable with respect to at least one of Ithem, at least one of said end sections comprising a two ply member between the plies of which one end of said central section is slidably received, the two plies of said member being united along their upper edges but unun'ited along ltheir lower edges said member being secured to the outer wall only alongits outer end edge by securing the outer ply only thereof along its outer end edge only to the adjacent end edge of the outer wall and in a pivotal manner, whereby it is free to move up and down to Va limited extent relatively to said outer wall, said central section being unsecured to the outer wall and ythereby free to move up and down relatively theretmand a flap secured to the outervwall and retaining between itand the outer wall said member, said flap restraining said member from undue swingingl l movement outwardly away from the outer Wall.

5. A ilexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an

outer wall foldable along aV transverse line intermediate its ends, an inner wall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections disposed on opposite sides of saidtlline and secured to and movable with the outer wall and a section bridging the'gap between the end sections and slidable withy re-' spect to at least one ofthem, at least one of said end sections vcomprising'a two ply member between the plies ,of which one end of said central section is slidably received, the'two plies of said member being united along their upper edges but ununited along'their lower edges said member being secured to the outer wall only along its outer end edge by securing the inner ply only thereof along its outer end edge only to the adjacent end edge of the outer wall and in a pivotal manner, wherebyitis free tolrnove up'and-down Vto a limited extent relatively to said outer wall,

said central section being unsecured to the outer wall and thereby free to move up and down relatively thereto, and a flapv secured to the outer wall and retaining between it and the outer wall said member, said flap restraining said member from undue swinging movement outwardly away from the outer Wall.

6. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable about a transverse line intermediate its ends to enable one part to be superposed upon another and an inner wall, said walls affording between them a bill compartment, said inner wall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections which are carried by the outer wall and move therewith when'the same is folded about said line and which are located lone on each side of said line and a member bridging the gap between said sections and slidable in a longitudinal direction relatively to at least one of them when said outer wall is folded about said line, at least one of said sections being secured to the outer wall along its outer end edge only and in a pivotal manner, whereby it is free to move up and down with respect to the lower sidev edge of theouter wall, such end section comprising two parts between which aV portion of said member is slidably received and which are united along their upper edges to form an upper runway for said member but free from connection along their lower edges, and a ap secured alongits lower side edge and outer end edge to the lower side edge and an outery 7. A ilexible pocket receptacle, comprising,an y

outer wall foldable about a transverse line inter-Y mediate its ends to enable one part to be superposed upon another and an inner wall, said walls affording between thema bill compartment, said inner Wall consisting of longitudinally-spaced end sections which are carried by the outer Wall and move therewith when the same is folded about said line and which are located one on each side of said line and a member bridging the gap between said sections and'` slidablein a, longitudinal direction relatively thereto when said outer wall is folded about said line, each of said'seotions being secured tothe outer wall `along its outer end edge only and in a pivotal manner, whereby it is free to move up and down with respect to the lower side edge of the outer wall, each,y such end section comprising two parts between which a portion of said member is slidablyreceived and which are united along their upper edges to form an upper runway fer Vsaid member` but free from connection along their lower edges, and apair of flaps `one for each end section and overlying the same, each suchrapsecured along its lower side edge and outer end edge to the lower `side edge and the adjacent outer end edge, respectively, of the outer wall and forming with the outer wall a lower runwayfor the lower edgeof said member, whereby the pivotal mounting of the end sections enables the upper and lower runways for said member to` spread apart when required.

8. A flexible pocket receptacle, comprising, an outer wall foldable'abcut a transverse line intermediate its ends ,to enable-one part to be superposed upon another and an inner wall, said walls affording between them a billcompartment, said inner' wallfconsisting of longitudinally-spaced Wall is folded about said line, each of said seeticns being secured to the outer wall along its outer end edge only and in a pivotal manner, whereby it is free to move up and down with respect to the lower side edge ofthe outer wall, each such end sectonrcomprising two parts between which a portionbf said rnernberis slidably re ceived and which are united along their upper edges toforman upper runway for said member but free fromdconnection along their lower edges, and avpairofvflaps one for each end section and overlying the same,-each such iiap secured along its lower side edge and outer end edge to the lower side edge' and the adjacent outer end edge, respectively, Yof the outer wall and forming with the outer wall a lower runway for the lower edge of said member, whereby the pivotal mounting of the end sections enables the upper and lower run- Ways for said member to spread apart when required, said sliding member being iree'i'rom connections to the side edges or" the outer wall and free to move laterally of the outer wall to enable its lower side edge to move away from the lower side edge of the outer wall when required.

' WARNER R. BUXTON. 

